... for example, during the first stanza of the poem: "Caxtons1 are mechanical birds with many wings". A Caxton is a book representative of the 1st English printed material by William Caxton - Raine is illustrating a book. By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. Raine completes ... metrical form continues its opposing theme in the second stanza "they cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain." The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... for example, during the first stanza of the poem: "Caxtons1 are mechanical birds with many wings". A Caxton is a book representative of the 1st English printed material by William Caxton - Raine is illustrating a book. By using the word 'mechanical' Raine is defining books as void or lacking of thought or emotion. Raine completes ... metrical form continues its opposing theme in the second stanza "they cause the eyes to melt or the body to shriek without pain." The auther notes that the Martian does not know the words for "cry" or "laugh", and he uses metaphors to describe how the reader...

• Word Count: 1520
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School